[Lyric] The Mountain II: The Truth (Thunder, Tomb & Throne)

The bell toll turned the townsfolk from their toils
The stranger stood as they gathered up all their spoils
The congregation came to the mouth of the cave
The father told the flock how they could be saved

Give unto the mountain
Or see in your children the faces of the dammed
Adorn the altar
With three and forty starving lambs
And your oats and your grain
And the livestock you've slain
Your mutton, your swine
Your ales and your wine

The scent of sweetened lamb's meat doused the night
The altar was laid bare by dawn's first light
The stranger turned the townsfolk to their priest
By torchlight they intruded 'pon his feast

Serpentine bastard
Vile traitor
Your blasphemies be damned
And in your cellar we see one and forty butchered lambs
And our oats and our grain
And the livestock we've slain
Our mutton, our swine
Our ales and our wine